Had a new wood burning stove installed. The old fireplace was bricked up, so the builder had to open it up again. Stainless steel flue up the chimney, new chimney cowling on the roof, chimney insulated, new lintel, brickwork repaired, and plastered. I’ll be firing it up tomorrow, warm the house up a bit. I’ll have heat and hot food now no matter what happens.

It’s good to have a couple of decent pheasant piccies now. Almost binned this one though, it just didn’t work for me at all. Took it into black and white as a last resort, added a dark vignette, and now I love it.